Kyle Busch will start on the pole for Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Chicagoland Speedway after rain washed out Friday’s qualifying sessions. Photo by Jeff Zelevansky/NASCAR via Getty Images
JOLIET, IL — Persistent rain and cold weather that inhibited track drying at Chicagoland Speedway forced cancellation of Friday’s scheduled time trials for Sunday’s MyAFibStory.com 400, the first race in the 2014 Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup.
With the field ordered according to top speeds in Friday’s opening Sprint Cup practice session, Chase drivers Kyle Busch, Ryan Newman and Carl Edwards will start from the top three positions, respectively. Busch recorded a top average speed of 191.442 mph on his 21st and final practice lap in the No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota, more than two miles-per-hour faster than Joey Logano’s 2013 track qualifying record of 189.414 mph.
Being the top car in practice also provided a boost of confidence to Busch, who has struggled in his last six races, finishing outside the top 35 four times. Matt Kenseth, Busch’s teammate at Joe Gibbs Racing, will start fifth on Sunday, adding to the critical mass of the JGR organization.
“I think today was a little bit better practice session for myself and the 20 (Kenseth),” Busch said. “I talked to Matt, and he felt a little more positive about things. Matt jumped up there to the top of the board early, and we were able to do so late…
“It’s a good representation of where we feel like we want to be and where we should be, but, again, it’s early—first practice, and not everybody at the end of that practice was in qualifying trim, making qualifying runs… There, later in practice, speeds certainly got quicker.”
The qualifying rainout was bad news for the Team Penske cars of Brad Keselowski and Joey Logano, two of the favorites in the Chase. Keselowski, the 2012 series champion, and Logano will start 25th and 28th, respectively, after posting lackluster practice speeds in the opening 90-minute session.
Other Chase drivers will start as follows: Jimmie Johnson, seventh; Jeff Gordon, eighth; Kevin Harvick, 12th; Dale Earnhardt, Jr., 13th; Kurt Busch, 14th; AJ Allmendinger, 17th; Kasey Kahne, 19th; Greg Biffle, 20th; Aric Almirola, 23rd; and Denny Hamlin, 24th.
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Chicagoland Speedway – Joliet, IL
MyAFibStory.com 400 Lineup – Sept. 12, 2014
1. Kyle Busch
2. Ryan Newman
3. Carl Edwards
4. Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.
5. Matt Kenseth
6. Clint Bowyer
7. Jimmie Johnson
8. Jeff Gordon
9. Paul Menard
10. Kyle Larson
11. Jamie McMurray
12. Kevin Harvick
13. Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
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15. Austin Dillon
16. Brian Vickers
17. A.J. Allmendinger
18. Danica Patrick
19. Kasey Kahne
20. Greg Biffle
21. Marcos Ambrose
22. Tony Stewart
23. Aric Almirola
24. Denny Hamlin
25. Brad Keselowski
26. Justin Allgaier
27. Martin Truex, Jr.
28. Joey Logano
29. Casey Mears
30. David Gilliland
31. Ryan Truex
32. Michael McDowell
33. Cole Whitt
34. Josh Wise
35. Michael Annett
36. Reed Sorenson
37. Alex Bowman
38. Landon Cassill
39. David Ragan
40. Mike Bliss
41. Joe Nemechek
42. Travis Kvapil
43. Joey Gase
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